@@ -617,7 +617,8 @@ and require killing system processes to free memory.

 By default, a container's kernel can swap out a percentage of anonymous pages.

 To set this percentage for a container, specify a `--memory-swappiness` value

 between 0 and 100. A value of 0 turns off anonymous page swapping. A value of

-100 sets all anonymous pages as swappable.

+100 sets all anonymous pages as swappable. By default, if you are not using

+`--memory-swappiness`, memory swappiness value will be inherited from the parent.

 For example, you can set:

@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestRunWithSwappinessInvalid(c *check.C) {

 	if err == nil {

 		c.Fatalf("failed. test was able to set invalid value, output: %q", out)

 	}

-	runCmd = exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--memory-swappiness", "-1", "busybox", "true")

-	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(runCmd)

-	if err == nil {

-		c.Fatalf("failed. test was able to set invalid value, output: %q", out)

-	}

 }

 // "test" should be printed

@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ func Parse(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string) (*Config, *HostConfig, *flag.FlagSe

 		flStdin           = cmd.Bool([]string{"i", "-interactive"}, false, "Keep STDIN open even if not attached")

 		flTty             = cmd.Bool([]string{"t", "-tty"}, false, "Allocate a pseudo-TTY")

 		flOomKillDisable  = cmd.Bool([]string{"-oom-kill-disable"}, false, "Disable OOM Killer")

-		flSwappinessStr   = cmd.String([]string{"-memory-swappiness"}, "", "Tuning container memory swappiness (0 to 100)")

 		flContainerIDFile = cmd.String([]string{"#cidfile", "-cidfile"}, "", "Write the container ID to the file")

 		flEntrypoint      = cmd.String([]string{"#entrypoint", "-entrypoint"}, "", "Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image")

 		flHostname        = cmd.String([]string{"h", "-hostname"}, "", "Container host name")

@@ -87,6 +86,7 @@ func Parse(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string) (*Config, *HostConfig, *flag.FlagSe

 		flCpusetCpus      = cmd.String([]string{"#-cpuset", "-cpuset-cpus"}, "", "CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)")

 		flCpusetMems      = cmd.String([]string{"-cpuset-mems"}, "", "MEMs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)")

 		flBlkioWeight     = cmd.Int64([]string{"-blkio-weight"}, 0, "Block IO (relative weight), between 10 and 1000")

+		flSwappiness      = cmd.Int64([]string{"-memory-swappiness"}, -1, "Tuning container memory swappiness (0 to 100)")

 		flNetMode         = cmd.String([]string{"-net"}, "default", "Set the Network mode for the container")

 		flMacAddress      = cmd.String([]string{"-mac-address"}, "", "Container MAC address (e.g. 92:d0:c6:0a:29:33)")

 		flIpcMode         = cmd.String([]string{"-ipc"}, "", "IPC namespace to use")

@@ -190,17 +190,9 @@ func Parse(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string) (*Config, *HostConfig, *flag.FlagSe

 		}

 	}

-	var parsedSwappiness int64

-	var flSwappiness int64

-

-	if *flSwappinessStr != "" {

-		parsedSwappiness, err = strconv.ParseInt(*flSwappinessStr, 10, 64)

-		if err != nil || parsedSwappiness < 0 || parsedSwappiness > 100 {

-			return nil, nil, cmd, fmt.Errorf("invalid value:%s. valid memory swappiness range is 0-100", *flSwappinessStr)

-		}

-		flSwappiness = parsedSwappiness

-	} else {

-		flSwappiness = -1

+	swappiness := *flSwappiness

+	if swappiness != -1 && (swappiness < 0 || swappiness > 100) {

+		return nil, nil, cmd, fmt.Errorf("Invalid value: %d. Valid memory swappiness range is 0-100", swappiness)

 	}

 	var binds []string

@@ -355,7 +347,7 @@ func Parse(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string) (*Config, *HostConfig, *flag.FlagSe

 		CpuQuota:         *flCpuQuota,

 		BlkioWeight:      *flBlkioWeight,

 		OomKillDisable:   *flOomKillDisable,

-		MemorySwappiness: flSwappiness,

+		MemorySwappiness: swappiness,

 		Privileged:       *flPrivileged,

 		PortBindings:     portBindings,

 		Links:            flLinks.GetAll(),